The 9 Biggest Obama Whoppers From 2013

We all know it's not always the lie that's important, it's the cover-up. Barack Obama's administration would do well to remember this in the final three years at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The first year of the second term is never easy, but twerking around the truth has given Obama the same approval rating as former President Richard Nixon in his fifth year.

1."The Sequester is not something that I've proposed...it's something that Congress has proposed."

Ok so the list kicks off with a statement from 2012 that set the stage for more than a few lies in 2013. The sequester nibbled around the edges of our federal spending pie, and did nothing to solve our actual addiction to spending. In his unending campaign, Obama tried to pin the sequester on the party of Mitt Romney.

2."No, sir."

The continued revelations about the unconstitutional actions of the National Security Agency (NSA)'s surveillance programs is reminiscent of the Tiger Woods scandal. At first, it was a bit of a shock, but then as the web of scandal continued to unravel, we kept wondering when it would stop.

However, the response from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was about as untrue as any statement can be. After the publication of whistleblower Edward Snowden's intelligence documents, the extent of this lie has only grown exponentially. This lie will most likely color much of 2014's zeitgeist as well, as only 1% of the Snowden trove has been released.

3."A lot of the health care act was designed by Republicans."

There are plenty of things that people can say about Obamacare, but White House Press Secreatry Jay Carney's claim that it was designed by Republicans is an example of the Obama adminsitration's use of misinformation about the ACA in an effort to paint their opponents as hypocrites.

It seems that these days, drones are everywhere. The Obama administration has utilized its drone program as part of its military strategy quite effectively. Unfortunately, drones' effectiveness is what makes this statement so untrue.

Obama's statement attempts to hide the truth of his extension of American military involvement in the Middle East and Africa. This expansion indiscriminately affects innocent people in countries with a prominent Muslim population, and has deadly and immoral consequences. It sterilizes the killing of non-militant individuals, and violate the constitutional right of due process. Its expansion has been frightening and effective. It just hasn't been focused solely on al Qaeda.

5."There is no military solution for Syria."

The Syrian civil war has been utterly fraught with tragedy. The 100,000-plusdeaths and gas attacks were not acceptable, but the Obama administration still made a case to bomb a sovereign nation that did not threaten U.S. national security.

During his testimony in Congress, Holder stated that prosecuting journalists is "not something I've been involved with ... my view is quite the opposite." The Rosen story broke after the Department of Justice was found wiretapping the Associated Press. It is hard to believe Holder's statements on the topic of surveillance of the press when he has continued to lie to us about it.

7."The day after Benghazi happened, I acknowledged it was an act of terrorism."

Obama had used the phrase "acts of terror," but not the word "terrorism." Channelling an alternate reality, his administration blamed the attack on a YouTube video when they knew that wasn't the case. Destructive acts inherently wreck terror, but when an administration has a bad habit of blowing up the terrorists (No. 4), and specifically avoids using the word terrorism, they get spot No. 7.

8."The Capitol Hill janitors just got a pay cut."

The sequester was filled with strawman arguments: The Republicans want poor people to die and the Democrats are hungry for the Russian economy of the 1950s. Like the previous two statements, Obama's remark about Capitol Hill janitors taking a pay cut is also completely untrue.

9.The Noble Lie: "If you like your plan, you can keep it!"

What more can be said that hasn't been said already? This statement has been awarded "Lie of the Year" by Politifact, four Pinnochios by Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post, and has not been believed by any non-partisan, non-Democrat since 2009.

Obamacare made it fundamentally impossible to keep your plan by federalizing standards for health insurance plans. It doesn't matter that the Obama administration knew plans would be cancelled while stating otherwise. While it's a noble lie used to pass Obamacare, it was just as false in 2009 as it was in 2013.

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